Matt Casey, owner of Spartan Coatings, St. Augustine, FL
Matt Casey and the floors he puts his name on
Spartan Coatings is Matt Casey, his crew and 15 years of grinding, testing and coating concrete, now working out of St. Augustine.
It started on a slab in Louisville
Matt Casey got his start in epoxy coatings in Louisville, Kentucky. That’s where he learned that a floor is mostly prep, and that the coating everybody admires is the last and easiest step. The grinding, the patching and the testing are where a job is won or lost, and none of it shows up in a photo.
He moved to Florida and built Spartan Coatings around that idea. Matt describes the work as the mix of beauty and functionality, and he means both halves: a floor has to look like something, and it has to stay stuck to the concrete through a Florida summer. Fifteen years into the trade, he is still on every job. When you call, you get Matt, and when the crew pulls up, he’s with them through the final walkthrough.
When you call, you get Matt, and when the crew pulls up, he’s with them through the final walkthrough.
Why so many Florida floors peel
Most coatings that fail here fail from underneath. Florida homes sit on slabs over sandy soil and a high water table, and moisture vapor is always working its way up through the concrete. Lay a coating over a damp slab with no barrier and the vapor pushes until something gives. That’s the bubbling and lifting you see in so many garages.
Outside, the sun does the rest. Heat and UV beat on lanais and pool decks, cheap topcoats chalk and yellow, and hot tires pull thin garage kits right off the slab. Near the beaches and the Intracoastal you add salt air and blowing sand. Under the live oaks it’s tannin stains and pollen, and every summer brings the afternoon storms.
So we build for the slab you actually have, after we’ve tested it, ground it and fixed what’s broken.
A job, from first look to walkthrough
It starts with Matt looking at your slab. He checks the cracks, the spalls, any old coating and how the floor drains, and he tests the concrete for moisture. You get his honest read on which system fits and what the floor needs underneath it.
On install day the slab gets diamond ground. Cracks and broken edges are repaired. Where the moisture test called for it, a vapor barrier primer goes down, then the system you chose, whether that’s a flake broadcast, a solid color, a metallic pour, quartz, a stain and seal, or a polish. Materials are USA-made: 100% solids epoxy, polyurea base coats and polyaspartic topcoats where the system calls for them. Many garage and patio jobs finish in one day. Metallic, quartz and commercial builds take longer, and you’ll know the schedule before we start.
When it’s done, Matt walks the floor with you and goes over care, including what to clean it with and how long to wait before you park on it. Then we pack up the trailer.
What customers wrote after we left
The reviews Matt pays attention to talk about the visit as much as the floor: whether things were explained, and whether the crew was easy to have around.
Virginia E. had a garage, a patio and a back deck done at once: "Matthew Casey and his team were extremely courteous, highly skilled, and worked together very well. Everything was explained clearly, the process was easy from start to finish, and the garage, patio, and back deck were completed beautifully in a timely manner."
Clifford F. put it more bluntly: "Matt and his team exceed all of our expectations. Their attitude and attention to detail was unsurpassed. In a time where it’s so difficult to find quality companies anymore Spartan Coatings is one of the best!"
Three things we won’t do
We won’t acid etch a slab.
It’s quicker, and it gives the coating a weaker surface to hold onto. Every floor we coat gets ground.
We won’t skip the moisture test, even on a new-construction slab that looks bone dry.
New concrete needs curing time, and an older slab can be wet underneath with no sign of it on top.
And we won’t pressure you.
Matt tells you what he sees and what he’d do, then you decide. If a reseal or a grind and seal would do the job better than a full coating, he’ll say so.
More about how Matt works
Is Matt really at every job?
Yes. Matt Casey owns Spartan Coatings and works every job alongside his crew. He looks at your slab first, decides what goes under the coating, and walks the finished floor with you at the end. Customers have named Dave and Ken from the crew in their reviews, and they work to the same standard Matt does.
Do you coat commercial floors too?
Yes. Along with garages and patios we coat auto shops, restaurant kitchens, retail and office floors, and industrial spaces. Urethane cement and heavy industrial builds take longer than a one-day garage, so Matt plans them around how your business runs. The prep doesn’t change: test, grind and repair before anything gets coated.
Can you reseal a floor that’s already down?
Often, yes. Resealing stamped and decorative concrete is part of the work. Matt needs to see what’s down now and, where he can, find out what was used the first time, because the wrong sealer over the wrong surface can haze or peel. For one customer he tracked down a sealer that was no longer sold locally.
What area do you cover from St. Augustine?
St. Johns County is close to home. We also work up into Jacksonville and the Beaches, across into Clay County, down into Flagler County and over to Putnam County. Volusia County sits at the edge of our range, so those jobs are taken case by case. Call Matt and tell him where the slab is.
Why do you use the materials you do?
A floor is only as good as what goes into it. We use USA-made materials: 100% solids epoxy, moisture vapor barrier primers, polyurea base coats and polyaspartic topcoats. Solid epoxy builds real thickness, and a polyaspartic topcoat stands up to Florida sun far better than a thin kit. Which ones go on your floor depends on your slab.
Show Matt your floor
Fifteen years in, Matt still comes out himself. Call, and you get him.
Want to see more first? See all of Matt’s floors.